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I’m not the best at taking most kinds of tests. That’s thanks to the fact that most kinds of tests are multiple choice or fill in the blanks

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a creative writer named Sam. Now, this creative writer (named Sam) wrote all his stori

Ever heard of Marie Kondo? She’s an organizing consultant who helps people declutter their homes. I watched an episode of her Tidying Up sh

Since we’re talking about point of view in fiction today, let’s start out with three different examples of it. They’re all taken from novel

Today’s episode – which is all about writing the next great American novel – is sponsored by Not So Human, the first book in the five-part F

If yesterday’s article seemed to lean too far toward the anti-dialogue tags side of the creative writer debate, I apologize. Let me clear up

I love it when someone hires me to cut copy down to a specific size. The same goes for bulking it up. It’s a challenge: a fascinating puzzl

As promised on Tuesday, let’s talk about the controversy surrounding the topic of writing with or without dialogue tags. Considering their

For Monday’s Genuine Writer Podcast episode, I invited Lia Mack back on, author of Waiting for Paint to Dry and my co-organizer of the annua

Since today’s topic is dialogue tags – which you may or may not know about – let’s start out with a paragraph of dialogue, which… thanks to

Podcast Audio Link: Click here. Podcast Transcript: Hi, genuine writers! This is Innovative Editing’s Jeannette DiLouie welcoming you to...

We’re about to focus on writing dialogue for villains specifically, but the following advice can easily be applied elsewhere. Protagonists,

Unless you’re a friend or family member reading this, I don’t know how old you are. In which case, I can’t really guess on the kinds of educ

When we began this series on writing realistic dialogue, I told you about my customer service experience with ASUS. It wasn’t the most frus

So often, with Innovative Editing’s Author of the Month program, I get to spread the word about really fun reads. Other times, it’s much mo

Before I start out my sad little sob story below, please rest assured that you didn’t read the larger blog’s title wrong. This really is...

A few weeks ago, for instance, The Genuine Writer covered – among other things – the topic of antagonists. What makes them tick and how to d

Yesterday, I admitted how I’m not very into reading about setting details. However, that doesn’t mean I’m not into writing about setting de

If you’re going to hire a copywriter, you have to be as upfront with him or her as possible. This applies if you want this professional to

I should probably start out by admitting that, as a reader, I’m not very interested in setting details. When I pick up a new novel, the last